Valuable credentials through demonstrated skills



When you become a SpringSource Certified Spring Professional, you will have one of the most valuable credentials in Java. The demand for Spring skills is skyrocketing. SpringSource training and certification helps to advance your skills and your career, and get the maximum benefit from Spring.

Our hands-on Core Spring training prepares you to immediately use your new knowledge in your current projects. The course also prepares you to take the certification exam to earn a valuable professional credential.

Overview
Spring developers who have taken the Core Spring class or who have demonstrated proficiency with Spring are eligible to take SpringSource Certified Professional Exam. A passing grade on the exam demonstrates an individual’s understanding of Spring.

Prerequisites
Core Spring Training OR "Demonstrated Experience".

Demonstrated Experience
A person may be eligible for registration for certification without attending the 4-day Core Spring course, if he or she can demonstrate having significantly contributed to the Spring community or can provide a reference to a Spring development effort in which he or she was actively involved. This person is referred to as a “grandfathered” candidate.

A grandfathered candidate is a person who has not attended the four-day Core Spring class but who has satisfied any one of the following criteria:
* Demonstrable evidence of (1) successful Spring solution completed. Evidence will include customer name and contact information reference.
* Demonstrable evidence of adding value to Spring Products and/or the Community. Candidate should provide supporting information from one or more of the following examples:
a. Forum post
b. Software patches
c. Articles promoting Spring or explaining Spring
d. User Group involvement
* Possession of a Spring Framework Professional Certification from a previous version of Spring.

Any individual wishing to be considered as a grandfathered candidate should e-mail the certification coordinator via certificationAmericas@springsource.com, certificationEurope@springsource.com, or certificationAsiaPacific@springsource.com. Please begin the e-mail with the subject line: "Grandfather certification request" and state which country you are e-mailing from. The SpringSource Certification Coordinator will contact this individual, via return e-mail, with the final, simple step toward receiving a voucher for registration.

Study Guides
Suggested Topics of Study for Core Spring Certification
Sample Spring 2.5 examination questions.

Exam
Becoming a SpringSource Certified Professional requires passing a 90 minute exam. The cost to take the exam is 150USD in the Americas, 115 EURO in Europe and 240AUD in Asia/Pacific. The exam can be taken at one of over 4500 world-wide testing facilities.